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LONDON (AFP) — John le Carre, who has died aged 89, shot to fame during the chilly depths of the Cold War as master of the spy thriller, before evolving to become a scathing chronicler of the moral costs of globalization. Age did not wither the writer’s anger at the establishment, with Brexit — Britain’s […]
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Le Carre: Israel ‘rocked me to my boots’
December 14th, 2020 
Awake Goy John le Carre, the master spy novelist, who died Sunday aged 89, had a long fascination and sympathy for the Jewish people and a deep admiration for Israel. Jewish characters were interwoven in his many novels and his research into the 1983 novel “The Little Drummer Girl,” gave him his first real exposure to Israel, […]
John le Carre in quotes
December 14th, 2020 Awake Goy John le Carre in quotes: Machiavellian “Intelligence work has one moral law — it is justified by results.” – “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” (1963) Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Love hurts “Do you know what love is? I’ll […]
Spy novel master John le Carre, who defined the Cold War thriller, dies at 89
December 14th, 2020 Awake Goy LONDON (AP) — John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89, Le Carre’s literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday that he died in Cornwall, southwest England on Saturday after a short illness. […]
